SI 658 Information Architecture at UMSI

Thingness & Worldhood

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Win tickets to your choice of shows on HEALTH's tour, and a copy of their new album 'RAT WARS' on limited coke bottle clear vinyl via @brooklynvegan https://t.co/GVmkiYBKnQ

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Winter 2024

[UAW @UAW]

"Walter Reuther was a straitlaced man. He didn't drink or smoke, and he did not swear. So... someone gave him this to him and said "Walter, any time that you want to swear at somebody, but you can't, put this on your desk and you can just point at it."

- @UAW_Archivist

[Daniel Severo @_dsevero]

Best poster award

[SI 658 Information Architecture at UMSI @si658]

Hey Alumni Society: if any of you are in La Jolla next Wednesday afternoon at around 3:30 ...
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Never forget: https://t.co/fRFAWtljpS

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Workshop with @danklyn on Tuesdays this summer: SI658 alumni society members can register for free if you write to [email protected]

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"..Finally, it all connected for me. That design was super important to help people understand, and I just jumped and worked for him right out of college."
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(2/2)

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"He’s an architect, short, chubby. He had a big scarf on. He cursed up a storm. He looked at us all in the class and said, I’m paraphrasing, but this is how I remember it. 'You’re all full of shit. Design is not about you. It’s about helping people make sense of the world.' (1/2)

[IAC - Information Architecture Conference #IAC26 @theiaconf]

Looking to unlock meaningful progress in your career? At #IAC23, our Keynote Speaker @heyfarai will show how you can manage change and maximize the impact of your One-on-One meetings with your managers.

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“Writing notes, research shows, helps reinforce memory,” my friend, Yanik, defended.

“Life shows me that’s bullshit,” Richard answered. “Learning is remembering what you’re interested in.”

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"I like making art, and information, but I certainly wouldn't ever want to be an architect with it."

- Paula Scher

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Beloved pupils: you have until the end of our class session period this evening:

[ManchesterHist @McrHistory]

First record #Morrissey owned; 'Come Stay With Me' by Marianne Faithfull bought from this shop in Moss Side

[Abby Covert @Abby_the_IA]

I wrote a course for #IA practitioners that is full of new stories, examples and templates building on ‘How to Make Sense of Any Mess’ It also unlocks you access to my monthly office hours. Our next meeting is this Friday.

Register Here: https://t.co/O9w9LA6SeB

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10 A Significance for A&P Parking Lots, Ugly and Ordinary Architecture or The Decorated Shed, The Meaningful City, Venturi Scott Brown
11 Archetypes in Architecture, Thiis-Evensen (1987)
12 Mapping and Cartography in Metropolitan Areas, Wurman (1988)

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1 Body, Memory, and Architecture, Bloomer & Moore (1977)
2 Computers As Theatre (2nd Edition), Laurel (2008)
3 Liminal Thinking, Gray (2006)
4 Living In Information, Arango (2018)
5 Connections, in The Crossing Point, Richards (1973)

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6 The Theory of Creative Fitting by McHarg (1968?)
7 The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction, Le Guin (1986)
8 Message Design, Petersson (2022)
9 Ways of Seeing, Berger (1972)